Four Bulldogs Named to SEC Watch List for Soccer

by: Madelon Allen, Assistant Coordinator/Communications

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi State soccer's Miranda Carrasco, Onyi Echegini, Niah Johnson, and Andrea Tyrrell have been named to the SEC soccer coaches' preseason watch list, announced Thursday (9/17) by the Southeastern Conference.

This is the second time that juniors Carrasco and Johnson have been named to the list, and the first time for sophomore Echegini and junior Tyrrell.

Carrasco started all 19 matches in 2019 and found herself as one of three players to play a full match 16 times that season and play every minute of Conference play. With her 3 assists last season, she ranks as the No. 11 in career history with 10 total assists. She scored her first career goal against Alabama while taking two shots.

Echegini enters her second season in a Mississippi State uniform having played in 14 of the 19 matches last season and was given the starting nod seven times. The Londoner found her first career goal in her first start against Auburn. She would go on to score in three consecutive matches starting with the match against Georgia, which tied the sixth-longest scoring streak in program history.

Johnson led her team in minutes last season, playing 1,756 in total while starting every match. She joins Carrasco as one of three Bulldogs who played a full match 16 times and saw every minute of Conference play time. Johnson would break the career penalty kicks record with her fourth coming at the SEC Tournament against Ole Miss, and would finish the season with three goals, all off penalty kicks; an MSU single-season record.

Tyrrell enters her junior season in the Maroon and White having played every position except goalkeeper in 2019. For the 2020 season, she has found her home as a center back. She was voted in as one of three captains by her peers after finishing the previous season having played 16 full matches and every minute of Conference play while taking 18 shots and five shots on goal.

The Bulldogs begin the 2020 campaign on the road against Auburn on Friday, Sept. 18 with kick off set at 6 p.m. at the Auburn Soccer Complex. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.

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